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dobson unit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.11 in modern English

Syllables
dob-son u-nit
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere).

Etymology

Named after Gordon Dobson, a researcher at the University of Oxford who in the 1920s built the first instrument to measure total ozone from the ground.

Inflected Forms

Dobson units (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

DU

Rhymes With

unit head unit

Questions

What does dobson unit mean?
A unit of measurement of the amount of a trace gas (typically ozone) in a vertical column through the Earth's atmosphere).
Where does dobson unit come from?
Named after Gordon Dobson, a researcher at the University of Oxford who in the 1920s built the first instrument to measure total ozone from the ground.

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